Big Brownie and little Brownie were up on the podium quite a bit in the first part of the season.

Mike Brown was invited to ride for Team USA at the Motocross des Nations this year, which was a huge honor and a dream come true for Mike. Until yesterday when it was announced that Brownie would not be riding for his country at the MXdN and have to sit out the legendary race. His results lately have not been quite as good as the first part of the season so the tough decision was made to change riders. The whole deal sucks for Brownie.

Check out the press release for the details and check out the open letter from Ricky Carmichael about the whole situation.

In support of Mike Brown

and his team and his fans, etnies and Thor are giving away an autographed Mike Brown Thor jersey and a pair of etnies to the author of the Best Comment In The etnies Moto Blog through next week. So blog your hearts out and win an autographed piece of history and some etnies.